Garbage-can receptacle.



Patented Nov. l9, l90l.

F. RILEY. GARBAGE CAN RECEPTACLE.

(Application filed Aug. 14, 1901.)

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FRANK RILEY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

GARBAGE-CAN RECEPTACLIE.

SFEEGKZFIQATIQN forming pafl; of Letters Patent No. 686,954, dated November 19,1901.

Application and August 14, 1901. Serial No. 71.998. (Ne model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK RILEY, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Garbage-Can Receptacles, of which the following is a specification.

7 My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in garbage-can receptacles, and has for .its object to provide a receptacle which is adapted to be secured to the fence and project inward therefrom and to be open at thetop and this opening adapted to be closed by a hinged lid, the garbage-can being adapted to fit within the receptacle and be removed from the other side of the fence 7 through an opening which is adaptedto be normally closed bya lid. 1

With these ends in view this invention consists in the details of' construction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth andthen specificallydesignated by the claim.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains mayunderstand how to make and use the same, the

" construction and operation will now be dezontal section.

scribed in detail, referring to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a'perspective view of my invention applied to a fence; Fig. 2, a vertical section through the same, and Fig. 3 a hori- A is a strip of sheet metal secured at each edge to the fence and bentin the manner shown, so as'to bulge away from the fence upon the inside of the same for the purpose of forming a receptacle, and the receptacle thus formed is closed at the lower end by the .s heetnnetal bottom B. The upper end of this receptacle is open and is preferably cut so as to inclined downward away from the fence; but this is immaterial, and it may be cut straight across, if desired. Around the upper'edge of the receptacle is formed an inturned flange C, which flange is adapted to be beveled inward. The garbage-can D is formed of the same general outline as the reccptaele in cross-section and is adapted to fit upon the interior of the same, and the flange C will then project over the edge of the garbage-can, and thus guide the garbage into the same-and prevent any garbage dropping between the can and the inner wall of the receptacle. The upper opening of the receptacle is adapted to be closed by a cover E, preferably hinged at its rear edge to the fence. The rear of the receptacle has an opening cut ther'ethrough, as indicated at F, and through this opening the garbage-can is adapted to be inserted and removed from the receptacle. This opening is adapted to be normally closed by some removable closure, hereshown as a slide G, which is adapted to travel within the guideways H upomeach side of the opening. The handle 1 at the upper end of the slide is for the purpose of raising thesame.

The advantage of my invention is that the householders or servants do not have to go outside of the yard to deposit the garbage,

and yet the garbagecan may be removed by the garbage-collector from the exterior of the fence, and therefore he does not need to enter the yard at all. r This is a great advantage, as it does away with the necessity of having to set the garbage-can outside of the fence certain days upon which it is collected and also allows for the back gate being locked at all times, as there is no necessity at all for any one entering the yard to collect the garbage.

Another advantage of my invention is that the receptacle may be made so as not to'be at all unsightly in appearance and by being closed at all times will prevent any stench arising from the same and the simplicity of construction of this invention will allow the same to be manufactured at a comparatively small cost and yet be durable and efi'icient in operation.

Of course I do not wish to be limited to the exact construction here shown, as slight modifications could be made without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and useful is- In a device of the character described, a receptacle formed by a strip of sheet metal, each edge of which is secured to the inside of the fence-and bulges outward from the fence upon the interior of the yard so that the re- Patented Nqv. l9, I90l.

F. P. ROGERS.

SHABPENEB FOB.LAWN MOWERS..

A limimi filed. June 29, 1901.

(No Model.)

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